Russell Trafford, D. Russo, Colby Clark, Sangho Shin, J. Schmalzel
{"title":"Characterization of Piezoelectric Cantilever Beams for use in Roadside Vibration Energy Harvesting","authors":"Russell Trafford, D. Russo, Colby Clark, Sangho Shin, J. Schmalzel","doi":"10.1109/SAS.2019.8705989","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SAS.2019.8705989","url":null,"abstract":"This paper investigates a method of characterizing piezoelectric cantilever beams for applications in roadside energy harvesting. Research to date studies piezoelectric harvesting units embedded in pavement, which has a host of logistical issues. Other previous implementations have focused on adhering piezoelectric elements to a substrate that acts as the beam. This paper focuses on an implementation using only the piezoelectric material as the cantilever beam and an initial investigation into the feasibility of harvesting electricity from a cantilever beam system on the roadside. A Piezoelectric element was tested by clamping it to the vibration table and observing the open-circuit voltage over a frequency range of 1 - 200 Hz at approximately 1 G. The test samples had a prominent but narrow-banded resonance at between 20 - 200 Hz, outputting roughly 2.45 - 6.22Vrms, resulting in between 63.6 - 289 µW. These preliminary results show that with the usage of multiple piezoelectric elements and careful considerations in the choice of harvesting circuitry, a usable amount of energy could be generated for some low power applications.","PeriodicalId":360234,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS)","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129877556","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bassirou Kasse, B. Gueye, M. Diallo, Fiorenantsoa Santatra, H. Elbiaze
{"title":"IoT based Schistosomiasis Monitoring for More Efficient Disease Prediction and Control Model","authors":"Bassirou Kasse, B. Gueye, M. Diallo, Fiorenantsoa Santatra, H. Elbiaze","doi":"10.1109/SAS.2019.8706019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SAS.2019.8706019","url":null,"abstract":"The urinary and intestinal schistosomiasis are a significant public health problem in Senegal with a prevalence rate varying between 0.3% and 1%. After malaria, bilharzia (or Schistosomiasis) is the second disease that calls for admission to hospital. In Senegal, treatment is based on \"Praziquantel\" that is not effective and may aggravate symptoms. In fact, schistosoma that transmits the illness lives in water points. Firstly, our proposed Sensors-Based Bilharzia Detection (SB2D) architecture uses data collected by wireless sensors network that are deployed in natural environment. SB2D is able to collect in real time different physical and chemical parameters such as solar irradiation, water temperature, water point pH and then predicts whether the environmental factors are favourable to bilharzia life cycle transmission. Secondly, event detection algorithms were developed in order to assess the transmission contamination risk when anomalies are detected. The obtained results show that Support Vector Machines (SVM) gives good anomalies detection rate compared to other anomalies detection test.","PeriodicalId":360234,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128499343","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andreas Strasser, Philipp Stelzer, C. Steger, N. Druml
{"title":"Speed-Up of MEMS Mirror’s Transient Start-Up Procedure","authors":"Andreas Strasser, Philipp Stelzer, C. Steger, N. Druml","doi":"10.1109/SAS.2019.8706041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SAS.2019.8706041","url":null,"abstract":"Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) sensors are the next generation of Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS). This device will be a key enabler for automated driving. As a consequence these devices must be highly robust, fail-operational and safe. In this paper we introduce a novel concept to speed-up the start-up procedure of 1D MEMS Micro-Scanning LiDAR systems to enable quick recovery after unexpected fatal shocks to ensure safe driving for passengers and other road participants.","PeriodicalId":360234,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS)","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128669535","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Masahiko Miyazaki, S. Ishida, Akira Fukuda, T. Murakami, S. Otsuki
{"title":"Initial Attempt on Outdoor Human Detection using IEEE 802.11ac WLAN Signal","authors":"Masahiko Miyazaki, S. Ishida, Akira Fukuda, T. Murakami, S. Otsuki","doi":"10.1109/SAS.2019.8706126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SAS.2019.8706126","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years, the functionality of wireless communications has not only been limited to communication between users, but has also been extended to sensing applications. In fact, several WLAN-based sensing technologies, which rely on changes in multipath radio propagation derived from a channel state information (CSI) in indoor environments, have already been developed. In this paper, we present a WLAN-based outdoor human detection system – the first in IEEE 802.11ac WLAN CSI-based outdoor sensing attempts. The number of multipaths in an outdoor environment is limited, thus, making sensing difficult. To realize outdoor CSI sensing, we present an IEEE 802.11ac WLAN-based sensing system. Specifically, this paper tries to answer the question, \"How do we install a transmitter-receiver pair?\" based on an analysis of the experimental results. Moreover, we provide open discussions regarding the optimum installation of WLAN sensing devices.","PeriodicalId":360234,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS)","volume":"133 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121422611","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Holmes, M. Francis, N. Chiolino, M. Barlow, S. Perez, I. Getreu
{"title":"An Integrated SiC Photo-Transistor for Ultraviolet Detection in High-Temperature Environments","authors":"J. Holmes, M. Francis, N. Chiolino, M. Barlow, S. Perez, I. Getreu","doi":"10.1109/SAS.2019.8705995","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SAS.2019.8705995","url":null,"abstract":"The work described herein applies a patented integrated silicon carbide (SiC) bipolar junction transistor (BJT) to the detection of ultraviolet (UV) light in situ for extreme-temperature environments. An integrated SiC BJT provides four important capabilities for UV detection in extreme environments: (1) The miniaturization of detectors and readout circuits through micron-scaled integrated circuit (IC) lithography; (2) the high-temperature operation of SiC ICs; (3) long-term reliability of SiC at high temperatures; and (4) the deep-UV responsivity of 4H-SiC. The design, manufacture and electrical characterization of a SiC photo-transistor is described. Photonic characterization of the photo-transistor responsivity in the vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) and near UV is analyzed. It will be shown that integration of the photo-transistor with SiC CMOS [1] advances the state-of-the-art to a photo-BiCMOS capability. The advancement of the state of the art is validated in both terrestrial and space-born applications, specifically (1) the patent-pending detection of the ultraviolet signature produced by the charge-compression auto-ignition of diesel fuel in a working 4-stroke engine, and (2) the measurement of Solar UV intensity in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO).","PeriodicalId":360234,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS)","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114725458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Vision-based Gyroscope Fault Detection for UAVs","authors":"B. Simlinger, G. Ducard","doi":"10.1109/SAS.2019.8705965","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SAS.2019.8705965","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a vision-based fault detection and isolation architecture for unmanned aerial vehicles. The vehicle’s attitude is computed from visual input through a horizon tracking algorithm, independently of any other sensor. In a second stage, two Kalman filters are used for fault detection and identification in two gyroscopes. The loosely coupled architecture is suitable for real-time application. The algorithm was implemented with the ROS framework and the system’s performance is evaluated in a real-time application scenario with artificially introduced sensor faults.","PeriodicalId":360234,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS)","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127776008","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G. Demin, A. Popkov, N. Djuzhev, K. Zvezdin, A. Popov
{"title":"Microwave Energy Harvester Based on the Magneto-Tunnel Seebeck Effect in the Nanoscale Spin-Torque Diode","authors":"G. Demin, A. Popkov, N. Djuzhev, K. Zvezdin, A. Popov","doi":"10.1109/SAS.2019.8705993","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SAS.2019.8705993","url":null,"abstract":"At present, there is a growing interest in the field of spin caloritronics, which demonstrates the advantages of using thermoelectric effects when considering spin-transport phenomena. One of its most promising directions are the thermal transfer of the spin-transfer torque and magneto-tunnel Seebeck effect in magnetic tunnel junctions in the presence of a non-equilibrium temperature gradient across the tunnel barrier, which, in combination with the voltage rectification effect driven by the alternating current, can serve as an additional source of microwave energy harvesting and has not been considered before. In this work, we estimated the bolometric properties of a spin-torque diode based on the magnetic tunnel junction under the microwave heating, and also compared the thermal dependences of its sensitivity in comparison with the Schottky semiconductor diode. The thermal contribution to the voltage rectification can be significantly increased in some cases, which plays an important role in the development of new types of microwave energy harvesters operating on the thermoelectric effects.","PeriodicalId":360234,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS)","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127969087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hyuno Kim, Ryohei Ito, Seohyun Lee, Y. Yamakawa, M. Ishikawa
{"title":"Simulation of Face Pose Tracking System using Adaptive Vision Switching","authors":"Hyuno Kim, Ryohei Ito, Seohyun Lee, Y. Yamakawa, M. Ishikawa","doi":"10.1109/SAS.2019.8706000","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SAS.2019.8706000","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a face pose tracking method using adaptive vision switching with a networked camera system is proposed and verified through simulation with a facial computer graphics model. The proposed method improves the pose estimation accuracy of the conventional techniques that use monocular camera. Additionally, adaptive vision switching provides a new pose tracking experience, pose lock-on, which has the potential for object recognition tasks including face recognition under dynamic conditions. Quantitative analysis and tracking demonstration with simulations of the proposed system are conducted and described.","PeriodicalId":360234,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS)","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126534661","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A method for sorting of plastics with an apparatus specific quantum efficiency approach","authors":"Maximilian Wohlschlager, M. Versen, H. Langhals","doi":"10.1109/SAS.2019.8706034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SAS.2019.8706034","url":null,"abstract":"Today, the automatic separation of polymers from each other in an industrial scale is an unsolved problem. In laboratory environments, two methods are known whereby plastic is sorted either by color or by fluorescence decay time measurements that require fast synchronization and thus expensive equipment. A simple and pragmatic process is proposed to separate plastics from each other: all fluorescent photons are counted in relation to the absorbed photons. A theoretical model and an experimental setup are built in order to determine an apparatus specific quantum efficiency.","PeriodicalId":360234,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS)","volume":"77 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116773095","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Characterization of circular array current transducers","authors":"V. Grim, P. Ripka, J. Fischer","doi":"10.1109/SAS.2019.8706029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SAS.2019.8706029","url":null,"abstract":"This paper is evaluating different aspects affecting the performance of circular arrays of magnetic sensors used for contactless current transducer. Some of these error mechanisms are quantified using analytical expressions to provide designers with theoretical upper limits of achievable accuracy. Novel method of misalignment compensation using multi-axial sensors is presented. Measurements were performed with different sensor arrays to verify theoretical assumptions and determine limiting factors for real-world application of yokeless transducers.","PeriodicalId":360234,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS)","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132364392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}